Plate-billed Mountain Toucan

Andigena laminirostris Gould, 1851

Ramphastidae — Toucans

Plate-billed Mountain Toucan, Andigena laminirostris, is a bird of the western Andes in south-west Colombia and southern Ecuador, where it lives in humid mountain forest and along forest edges. It was described by Gould in 1851 and belongs to the Ramphastidae family. Its most notable feature is the raised yellow plate on the upper part of the bill, set against a bill that is black at the front and mostly red behind. The species also has a reddish brown iris, a bare eye patch in yellow and turquoise green, and a black crown and nape.

Order
Piciformes
Family
Ramphastidae — Toucans
Breeding range
South America: sw Colombia to s Ecuador
Plate-billed Mountain Toucan
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Tours where you can spot this bird

7 tours in Ecuador

Ecuador Birding with Nature Travel Birding
Ecuador Birding with Nature Travel Birding
Ecuador / Quito Group tour 14 days

Experience an exclusive journey through one of the world’s most bird-rich countries, exploring Ecuador’s high-Andean páramo, volcanic l...

Next: Jul 28, 2027
8-Day High Andes and Chocó Birding Journey
8-Day High Andes and Chocó Birding Journey
Ecuador / Quito Private tour 8 days

Follow an eight-day birding circuit from Quito through high-Andean forest, Chocó cloud forest and lowland reserves, ending among Antisana�...

Private 12-Day Chocó Andino and East Slope Birding Tour
Private 12-Day Chocó Andino and East Slope Birding Tour
Ecuador / Quito Private tour 12 days

Cross Ecuador’s northwest cloud forests and Andean east slope on a private 12-day route from Chocó reserves and Mindo to Antisana and Ama...

From USD 4,800
Private 3–7 Day Chocó Andino Birding Tour
Private 3–7 Day Chocó Andino Birding Tour
Ecuador / Mindo Private tour 7 days

Choose a three- to seven-day private Chocó Andino programme linking Mindo cloud forest, specialist reserves and feeder sites, with the full...

From USD 1,050
Private 9-Day Mindo and Amazon Foothills Birding Expedition
Private 9-Day Mindo and Amazon Foothills Birding Expedition
Ecuador / Mindo 9 days

Connect Mindo’s Choco cloud forest, high-Andean habitat and the eastern Amazon foothills on a private nine-day birding and photography jou...

Private 4-Day Mindo Cloud Forest Birdwatching Tour
Private 4-Day Mindo Cloud Forest Birdwatching Tour
Ecuador / Mindo 4 days

Follow a private four-day route from Yanacocha’s high Andean forest into Mindo’s Choco cloud forest for focused birding and photography....

Northern Ecuador Birding Paradise
Northern Ecuador Birding Paradise
Ecuador / Mindo Private tour 11 days

An 11-day private birding journey through Quito, Mindo, Choco cloud forest reserves, antpitta sites, Rio Silanche, Paz de las Aves, and Anti...